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The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / / by Michael H. Hunt



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Autore: Hunt Michael H Visualizza persona
Titolo: The American ascendancy : how the United States gained and wielded global dominance / / by Michael H. Hunt Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina: 327.73009/04
Soggetto topico: Hegemony - United States - History
International relations - History
Geopolitics
World history
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 19th century
United States Foreign relations 20th century
United States Foreign relations 2001-2009
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-385) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Nineteenth-century foundations -- Grand projects, 1898-1920 -- The American way in a fragmenting world, 1921-1940 -- Reaching for geopolitical dominance, 1941-1968 -- In the American image, 1941-1968 -- The Third-World challenge, 1941-1968 -- Disoriented giant, 1968-1991 -- The neoliberal triumph, 1991- -- Conclusion: Hegemony in question.
Sommario/riassunto: What road did Americans travel to reach global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent. In an analytic narrative that illuminates the past rather than indulges in political triumphalism, he provides crucial insights into the country's problematic place in the world today. Hunt examines how the United States remade great power relations, fashioned limits for the third world, and shaped our current international economic and cultural order. He concludes by addressing current issues, such as how
Titolo autorizzato: The American ascendancy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908777-3-4
0-8078-8341-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819851003321
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Serie: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.